Re: clef transposition: tenor -> bass

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Mats Bengtsson 
<address@hidden> writes
> I still think that you are confusing things with the issue of 
> transposing instruments,
> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposing_instrument. I'm not an 
> expert in
> brass instruments, but according to that article, trombones read at 
> concort pitch,
> i.e. they are not transposing.

As an amateur trombonist, if that's what that article says, it's wrong 
...

Bb Trombones are concert pitch instruments when written in bass or tenor 
clef, so you're correct in saying that a tenor clef middle C is exactly 
the same note as a bass clef middle C.

But a treble clef middle C is actually Bb a ninth below middle C. This 
leads to the interesting result that a treble clef D (ninth above middle 
C) looks exactly the same as a tenor clef middle C, and both notes 
represent a concert middle C!

So if the OP has correctly entered the music from a tenor clef trombone 
part, then it is in concert pitch and all he need do is change the \clef 
to bass from tenor.

Cheers,
Wol
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